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A start to reversing the trend in Asia?
South Korea Government to Spend $20 Billion to Combat Underpopulation **
By Steven Ertelt**
LifeNews.com Editor
April 4, 2006
Code:**Seoul, South Korea (LifeNews.com) -- **Because of legalized abortion and the revocation of maternity benefits to women who have a third child South Korea is facing a severe underpopulation problem and will soon spend $20 billion to combat it.
Fearing overpopulation problems similar to China’s and not wanting to dampen economic prosperity, South Korea 40 years ago began encouraging couples to limit their number of children to two.
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